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New Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Grants
Background
Since 1999, the U.S. Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice have collaborated on the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) Initiative. The SS/HS Initiative is a discretionary grant program that provides students, schools, and communities with federal funding to implement an enhanced, coordinated, comprehensive plan of activities, programs, and services that focus on promoting healthy childhood development and preventing violence and alcohol and other drug abuse. Eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) or a consortium of LEAs, in partnership with their community's local public mental health authority, local law enforcement agency, and local juvenile justice entity, are able to submit a single application for federal funds to support a variety of activities, curriculums, programs, and services.
The SS/HS Initiative draws on the best practices of education, justice, social services, and mental health systems to provide integrated and comprehensive resources for prevention programs and prosocial services for youth. To apply for SS/HS, FY 2007 grantees and their partners proposed an integrated, comprehensive, communitywide, and community-specific plan to address the problems of school violence and alcohol and other drug abuse. This plan focused on five elements:
- Element 1: Safe school environments and violence prevention activities.
- Element 2: Alcohol and other drug prevention activities.
- Element 3: Student behavioral, social, and emotional supports.
- Element 4: Mental health services.
- Element 5: Early childhood social and emotional learning programs.
SS/HS grantee's comprehensive plans are designed to provide students, schools, and families with a network of effective services, supports, and activities that help students develop the skills and emotional resilience necessary to promote positive mental health, engage in prosocial behavior, and prevent violent behavior and drug use; create schools and communities that are a safe, disciplined, and drug-free environment; and engage parents, community organizations, and social services agencies to help develop an infrastructure that will institutionalize and sustain successful grant components after federal funding has ended.
SS/HS grant applicants are eligible for 4 consecutive years of funding. Continuation funding is subject to the availability of federal funds and progress achieved by the grantee. The maximum yearly award for SS/HS grants is based on student enrollment data. The maximum request for any of the project's four 12-month budget periods is $2,250,000 for an LEA with at least 35,000 students; $1,500,000 for an LEA with at least 5,000 students but fewer than 35,000 students; and $750,000 for an LEA with fewer than 5,000 students.
On August 28, 2008, the following two awards were obligated (bringing the total number of FY2008 new SSHS awards to 60):
ALABAMA | ||
Ashville | St. Clair County Schools | $405,500 |
Contact: Jenny Seals Superintendent Phone: 205-594-7131 |
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MAINE | ||
Lewiston | Lewiston Public Schools | $1,162,250 |
Contact: Leon Levesque Superintendent Phone: 207-795-4100 |
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
FY 2008 New Grant Awards
ALASKA | ||
Anchorage | Chugach School District | $ 657,596 |
Contact: Robert Crumley Superintendent Phone: 907-522-7400 |
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ARKANSAS |
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Hot Spring | Hot Spring School District | $747,287 |
Contact: Joyce Craft Superintendent Phone: 501-624-3372 |
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ARIZONA | ||
Flagstaff | Painted Desert Demonstration Project | $684,079 |
Contact: Mark Sorensen Superintendent Phone: 602-412-3533 |
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Surprise | Dysart Unified School District | $1,494,402 |
Contact: Gail Pletnick Superintendent Phone: 623-876-7002 |
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Page | Page Unified School District | $745,911 |
Contact: Jim Walker Superintendent Phone: 928-608-4119 |
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CALIFORNIA | ||
Alhambra | Alhambra Unified School District | $1,355,878 |
Contact: Donna Perez Superintendent Phone: 626-308-2255 |
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Whittier | East Whittier City School District | $1,468,046 |
Contact: Joe Gillentine Superintendent Phone: 562-907-5900 |
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Redding | Shasta County Office of Education | $1,185,094 |
Contact: Tom Armelino Superintendent Phone: 530-225-0227 |
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Bakersfield | Kern County Superintendent of School | $1,494,576 |
Contact: Larry E. Reider Superintendent Phone: 661-636-4624 |
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Santa Maria | Santa Maria Joint Union High School District |
$1,377,715 |
Contact: Jeffrey Hern Superintendent Phone: 805-928-9916 |
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Los Angeles | Los Angeles Unified School District | $2,210,033 |
Contact: David L. Brewer, III Superintendent Phone: 213-241-1000 |
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Montebello | Montebello Unified School District | $2,208,378 |
Contact: Edward Valesquez Superintendent Phone: 323-887-7900 |
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COLORADO | ||
Pueblo | Pueblo City Schools | $1,475,606 |
Contact: J. William Covington Superintendent Phone: 719-549-7148 |
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FLORIDA | ||
Orlando | School Board of Orange County | $2,226,502 |
Contact: Ronald Blocker Superintendent Phone: 401-317-3209 |
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GEORGIA | ||
Marietta | Cobb County School District | $2,139,872 |
Contact: Fred Sanderson Superintendent Phone: 770-426-3455 |
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Butler | Taylor County Board of Education | $668,597 |
Contact: Wayne Smith Superintendent Phone: 478-862-5224 |
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Cochran | Bleckley County Board of Education | $1,494,433 |
Contact: William R. Rowe Phone: 478-934-2821 |
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IOWA | ||
Iowa City | Iowa City Community School District | $1,282,304 |
Contact: Lane Plugge Superintendent Phone: 319-688-1009 |
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INDIANA | ||
Decatur | North Adams Community Schools | $727,360 |
Contact: Wylie Sirk Superintendent Phone: 260-724-7146 |
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Mount Vernon | Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon |
$1,414,828 |
Contact: Keith Spurgeon Superintendent Phone: 812-838-4471 |
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Richmond | Richmond Community School | $1,456,448 |
Contact: Allen Bourff Superintendent Phone: 765-973-3335 |
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KANSAS |
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Eudora | Eudora Unified School District | $745,816 |
Contact: Marty Kobza Superintendent Phone: 785-542-4910 |
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KENTUCKY |
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Paris | Bourbon Count Schools | $747,288 |
Contact: Lana Fryman Superintendent Phone: 859-987-2180 |
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MASSACHSUTTES |
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Newton | Newton Public Schools | $1,493,711 |
Contact: Jeff Young Superintendent Phone: 617-559-6100 |
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MICHIGAN |
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Waterford | Waterford School District | $1,436,365 |
Contact: Robert Neu Superintendent Phone: 248-706-4860 |
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Muskegon | Public Schools of the City of Muskegon |
$1,463,860 |
Contact: Colin Armstrong Superintendent Phone: 231-720-2001 |
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MISSOURI | ||
Florissant | Hazelwood School District |
$1,450,238 |
Contact: Chris L.Wright Phone: 314-953-5000 |
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MISSISSIPPI |
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Starkville | Starkville School District | $724,801 |
Contact: Phillip Burchfield Superintendent Phone: 662-324-4050 |
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Jackson | Jackson Public School District | $1,416,823 |
Contact: Earl Watkins Superintendent Phone: 601-960-8725 |
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Monticello | Lawrence County School District | $1,052,488 |
Contact: Tony Davis Superintendent Phone: 601-587-2506 |
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MONTANA |
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Ronan | Ronan School District #30 | $747,288 |
Contact: Andrew Holmlund Superintendent Phone: 406-676-3390 |
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NORTH CAROLINA | ||
Asheboro |
Randolph County Schools | $1,490,752 |
Contact: Donald Andrews Superintendent Phone: 336-318-6100 |
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Burgaw | Pender County Schools | $1,403,843 |
Contact: Allison Sholar Superintendent Phone: 910-259-2187 |
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Salisbury | Rowan-Salisbury School System | $1,483,697 |
Contact: Judy Grissom Superintendent Phone: 704-636-7500 |
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NEW JERSEY | ||
Clayton | Clayton Public Schools | $737,334 |
Contact: Cleve Bryan Superintendent Phone: 856-881-8700 |
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NEW MEXICO | ||
Santa Fe | Santa Fe Public Schools | $1,425,061 |
Contact: Leslie Carpenter Superintendent Phone: 505-467-2000 |
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Albuquerque | Albuquerque Public Schools | $2,240,026 |
Contact: Winston Brooks Superintendent Phone: 505-880-3700 |
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NEW YORK | ||
New Rochelle | City School District of New Rochelle | $1,476,784 |
Contact: Richard Organisciak Superintendent Phone: 914-576-4300 |
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Albany | City School District of Albany | $1,465,821 |
Contact: Eva C. Joseph Phone: 518-475-6080 |
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Plattsburgh | Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES | $1,083,017 |
Contact: Noel Stewart Superintendent Phone: 518-561-0100 |
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Rochester | Rochester City School District | $1,494,576 |
Contact: Jean-Claude Brizard Superintendent Phone: 585-262-8525 |
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OHIO | ||
Ottowa | Putnam County Educational Service Center |
$1,142,419 |
Contact: Jan L. Osborn Superintendent Phone: 419-523-5951 |
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Bellaire | Bellaire Local School District | $631,915 |
Contact: John E. Stinoski Superintendent Phone: 740-676-1826 |
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OREGON | ||
Albany | Linn Benton Lincoln Education Service Center |
$1,494,383 |
Contact: Susan Waddell Superintendent Phone: 541-812-2600 |
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Klamath Falls | Klamath Falls City Schools | $1,373,070 |
Contact: Cecelia Amuchastegui Superintendent Phone: 541-883-4700 |
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Tigard | Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J | $1,468,579 |
Contact: Rab Saxton Superintendent Phone: 503-431-4000 |
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The Dallas | North Wasco Co. School District #21 | $730,236 |
Contact: Candy Armstrong Superintendent Phone: 541-506-3420 |
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PENNSLVANIA | ||
Allentown | Allentown City School District | $1,253,834 |
Contact: Karen Angello Superintendent Phone: 484-765-4000 |
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Norristown | Norristown Area School District | $1,251,120 |
Contact: Janet Carol Samuels Superintendent Phone: 610-630-5000 |
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TENNESSEE | ||
Johnson City | Johnson City Public Schools | $1,493,821 |
Contact: Richard Bales Director of Schools Phone: 423-434-5200 |
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TEXAS | ||
Temple | Temple Independent School District | $1,494,077 |
Contact: Dr. Dana Marable Superintendent Phone: 254-215-8473 |
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Cuero | Cuero Independent School District | $741,783 |
Contact: Henry Lind Superintendent Phone: 361-275-3832 |
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McAllen | McAllen Independent School District | $1,494,552 |
Contact: Yolanda Chapa Superintendent Phone: 956-618-6000 |
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Pleasanton | Pleasanton Independent School District | $1,494,576 |
Contract: Mr. Bernard Zarosky Superintendent Phone: 830-569-1200 |
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Amarillo | Amarillo Independent School District | $1,143,677 |
Contact: Rod Schroder Superintendent Phone: 806-326-1420 |
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WISCONSIN | ||
Beaver Dam | Beaver Dam Unified School District | $1,494,576 |
Contact: Donald B. Childs Superintendent Phone: 920-885-7470, ext. 111 |
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Fond du Lac | Fond du Lac School District | $372,520 |
Contact: Gregory Maass Superintendent Phone: 920-906-6502 |
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WYOMING | ||
Gillette | Campbell County School District | $1,425,919 |
Contact: Boyd Brown Superintendent Phone: 307-682-5171 |
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Total FY 2008 | New Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Grants: | $74,595,591 |
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